A hot flash is not just a bothersome midlife symptom. According to new research from Pitt and the University of Chicago published in the American… Read more
Tag: menopause
Healthy Vascular Fat During Menopause May Stave Off Dementia Later in Life
The quantity and quality of fat surrounding the heart’s largest artery at midlife may predict a woman’s risk of developing dementia in her later years,… Read more
This Hormone May Be the Missing Ingredient to Heart-Healthy Cholesterol Levels for Menopausal Women
Step aside estrogen. Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh have discovered a predictor of blood lipid — or cholesterol — status for midlife women that… Read more
Comparing Risks and Costs for Biopsies in Women with Post-Menopausal Bleeding
When it comes to diagnosing suspected endometrial cancer and several other endometrial pathologies in post-menopausal women, physicians in the U.S. have two choices: Pipelle biopsy,… Read more
Sudden Menopause after Hysterectomy Still Overlooked
I was stunned when my 48 year-old friend Anna called to tell me she was having a “total hysterectomy in five days.” After talking to… Read more